Arafat does not want any of his people dancing in the street in celebration. Unlike Saddam, he is not suicidal (though his minions may be encouraged to suicide-bomb). He probably figures that war with Iraq is coming and he is trying to avoid getting on Uncle Sam's s**t list.

Arafat does not want any of his people dancing in the street in celebration.

IF (and, probably 'when') it happens, our media - including FOX - will make the editorial decision to avoid anything "inflammatory".....we'll never see it, we'll never know about it. It won't have happened.....

Why would ignorant Palestinians cheering over the Columbia tragedy be relevant to anything? What contributions have they made to science? What horrific acts of sabotage have they done to NASA? Why would it even show up on the media's radar? Was the media asking for opinion on the Arab Street when Clonaid announced cloning? It is a non-event. And, even though we have around-the-clock news, when there are so many other significant and related news items to report on, regarding Columbia, which reporter would be looking to air this type of scenario? None! I mean, have you heard Steve Harrigan quoting what Karzai said about Columbia today? More heartwarming, I am sure, but also, irrelevant.

And how would you describe an apparent act of decency motivated to help wickedness? Arafat does not want another fiasco like the post-9/11 jubilation. So he's putting sorrowful words on his forked tongue.

This is nothing but CYA. If there was a successful mission and there was a public ceremony honoring the Israeli astronaut Arafat would be sending his creeps in to blow up as many as possible including Ramon.

David, I think you've got it. However, he didn't compound his already untenable stance with words that would be sure to end in a lot of accelerated lead poisoning. Arafat really had no choice. I doubt very much that he means it.

That said, the Iraqis (including the car mechanic, aka "karma-chanic") don't know that when you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging.

Good show tonight (what I heard of it, shuttling two kids back from the Giants pre-season fest).

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